I had already put it that plainly, so Lu Zhao could not very well insist any further.
He smiled awkwardly. "All right, you talk. Mr. Haman, I'll have to trouble you to come over to my place. We can have some tea, chat, and catch up."
They left, closed the door, and we sat back down on the sofa.
I lit a cigarette and looked at Roland.
A Tai looked at her as well.
Roland said, "What I said was true. Great Grandma really was set up by them."
A Tai sighed and said to Roland, "It isn't that Mr. Jiang doesn't believe you. He just thinks you shouldn't have brought it up at a time like this. We can't fall out with Lu Zhao yet. This is his territory, and everyone here is his man. If he flies into a rage from humiliation, our situation will become very dangerous. If he develops murderous intentions, even if we can protect ourselves, we'll still be hard-pressed to deal with him."
I nodded slightly. It seemed A Tai was a sensible man.
Roland looked somewhat guilty after hearing that. "I only blurted it out because I was anxious. I thought that with Mr. A Tai and Mr. Haman here, I could tear off his disguise in front of the other two Great Ancient Clans."
I glanced at A Tai. "You can trust A Tai, since he came with me. But do you know Haman? He arrived in Pompeii City long ago and has been with Lu Zhao ever since. Do you know what kind of relationship he has with Lu Zhao? Can you guarantee they haven't reached some private agreement? What if they're on the same side? Then what you did was undoubtedly asking for trouble. Even if Great Grandma is still